Holder for ledger sheets



Oct. 16, 1928.

J. C. CARPENTER IQIOLDER FOR LEDGER SHEETS Filed oct. 1, 1926 SHS DME DIP0 ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

t .oiilveARiaoLiJ CARPENTER, F oswseo, KANSAS.

` nomineren Lune-ER SHEETS.

`Appiitation iuedfoetoberi, 192e. serial No. 133,945. i

This invention relates Ito :improvements in posting bankbalances, anobject being to provide a simple and durable holder, for re: taining aplurality of sheets, for example, a

ledger sheet andfa depositors statement, dur-A ing the variousmanipulations of posting,

i filing, et cetera.

' invention itself.

Other objects and advantages Vwill appearV from the followingspecification, reference` being had to theV accompanying drawings, in

which:

Figure 1 is a holder, Y A Y Figure 2 is a section taken substantially onplan view of the improved 'the line 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is formed,and

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the sheets to beinserted in the holder showing how the tongue formed thereon.

In carrying out the invention provision is made of a bac-k 1 preferablyformed of suiiiciently heavy paper to withstand the uses to` which theholder is put, but conceivably capable of being made of other. suitablefiercible material; A pocket 2, situated at whatis n herein known as thetop edge ofthe holder, lis made by providing the blank in Fig. 3

with a flange 3 extending across the top edge and a pair of ears 4 and 5at the adyacent side edges. The flap and ears are cut away as at 6 toproduce a'sighting opening, 1) at which certain printed matter 7 on thefirst orr ledger sheet 8 is visible. It is possible that the pocket 2may be formed in a manner other than that described in connection withFig. 3, but kthe purpose of any formation will be to produce a pocket inwhich a plurality of sheets are to be held.4 The'bottom edge of the back1 has a plurality of notches 9 with which certainparts of the filingsystem cos operate. These notches play no part in the Situated adjacentto the bottom edge is a slit 10. This slit is shown in the center butmay be placed elsewhere.

kIiastened in the pocket 2 by a line of stitch-V ing 11, or otherwise,isa ycarbon sheet 12.

This sheet is nearly the saine' dimensions as the back 1, and the carbonsurface faces the back. The ledger sheet 8, mentioned before, isinserted into the pocket on top of the car` bon sheet 12, while astatement sheetfl is inserted in the lpocket beneath theearbon sheet andnext to the back 1. In order to hold the ledger and statement sheets infixed position 'upon the back, these are out to prothecustomersstatement sheet.

vide,tongues114 as shown in Fig. 4. These tongues areinserted in theslit 10 thus both .keeping the sheetfdown against the back l and fpreventingl any relative side .motion which may` tend to throw anywritten or typeivritten matteroutof position. lt is rapidly becomingthecustom with baiiksto furnish depositorswith statements showing thestatus. oftheir accounts so that 'in many instancesa special cleric-alforce is required for the additional work. Inasinuch as the bank ledgersheetsV have tobe posted it is herein proposed to make possible theproduction of a duplicate upon the depositors statement of the banksledger sheet. This involves more than the mere making of a carbon copyVbecause it is desirable to hold the two sheets in perfect registrationuntilV vfully filled or until the time arrives for mailing out thestatement sheet.

The holderk is of such design that the ledger and statement sheets 8 and13 will be held in the desired perfect registration, rst

` by means of the pocket 2 into which the upper edges ofthe sheets areinserted and second by means of the tongues 14 cut from the sheets andinserted in the slit 10 at thebotl tom of the back 1.` It is readilyseen that the holder will withstand considerable rough` usage withoutdanger of thesheets 8 and 13 coming loose or moving out of registration.The carbon sheet 12 is incorporated in the holder as part thereof, andthe respective sheets 8 and 13 are quicklyinserted at the proper sidesof the carbon sheet.

It is important to note that there is nothing on the holder' that willinterfere with its passage through the rolls of the adding machine. Thetop of the holder goes through the roll first and the rotation of theroll moves the pocket 2, making it Hatter than it was before. Inasmuchas the tongues 14 eX- tend in the Vdirection of the bottom of the sheetthese too are-pressed out flat. The dis-v closure is thatl of a pair ofsheets 8 and 13 and a carbon sheet 12 but the same unitary effect wouldbe had if a greater `number of sheets were applied to the holder.

yThe present system employed by banks is to first post the ledger sheetsandthen post This requires two separate operations with the attendantdouble opportunity for error. The

system or arrangement not only cuts the work involved in half, but alsoeliminates y ifty per cent of theopportunity for error.

i Vhile the construction andv arrangement e wardly and lapped over ofthe improvedholder isth-at "of generally preferred form, obviouslymodifications and changes may be made without departing rfrom the spiritof the 'invention or the Scope of the claims.

I claim z folding `backing sheet having adown-turned top andi adjacentside ears lapped being its upper end within said pocket.A

` 2. As van article of manufactura. a reanifolding backing Sheet havingits top edge ylongitudinallyrecessed, said top being down# thereover;Vto form therewith a pocket, the loweredge of theA down-turned `topbetween its sides vcutv back to form a sighting opening, and a carbonsheet being permanently mounted at' t sheet being formed with side earsbent inthe vd'ewnturned top to form therewith a pocket, and a carbonsheetnhaving its upper end permanently seci'ir'ed within said pocket.

Ae anarticle of manufacture, a inanifolding backing sheet having adown-turned 1. As an article of manufacture, ak inani-y top andvadjaeeutleide ears lapped thereover vto forni therewith a pocket,`withthe lower edgel of the 'downturned top between said ears out back toform a sighting recess,- said backing sheet having a slit thereinadjacent to its lower edge to aline inserted record Sheets,v and acarbon sheet permanently attached atl ite `top edge Within said pocketwith 4its lower edge terminating above Said alining slit in the backingsheet.

Y f JOHN erinnern CARPENTER

